Beets Don't Kale My Vibe Salad

Sweetgreen partnered with Kendrick Lamar in order to create this limited-edition salad. Available at sweetgreen locations until May 31, 2015, 10% of proceeds will go to FoodCorps. After that? You can always make Beets Don't Kale My Vibe at home with the recipe below.

Preparation

For the Beets:

Preheat the broiler. In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients and toss to coat well. Place everything on a rimmed baking sheet lined with aluminum foil and broil until the beets are well browned and the onions are caramelized, 7–8 minutes. Keep a close eye on the cooking, because all broilers are different. Once the beets have browned, carefully cover them with another sheet of foil and continue to broil for 5–7 more minutes, or until they have softened slightly. Remove from the oven and allow them to cool to room temperature. (This step can be done ahead of time.)

For the Salad:

Start by combining the kale, rice, chicken, and beets in a large salad bowl. Drizzle in the desired amount of vinaigrette, and toss well to coat all of the kale with dressing. Serve with crumbled goat cheese and pecans on top.

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There is a large group of people who dislike kale salad and/or roasted sweet beets. But if you put the Kale and roasted sweet beets together with raw pecans, warm wild rice, sweet red onions, small cubed bake chicken, goat cheese and the right amount of good balsamic vinaigrette salad dressing, you might as well "Drop the Mic!!!" The ingredients themselves make for strange bedfellows but it's something about the warm wild rice and everything else mixed all together that creates the best tasting salad you'll ever try. I read somewhere that this is a seasonal salad and this romance will end on May 31st. SweetGreen should probably rethink that decision. I stood in the line for the umpteenth time just to get this salad and all the people in the line were buying the same salad. I took it home to my partner and he looked up at me like, "What the...is this"? I just said taste it. And he did. That was the beginning of his romance with the "Beets Don't Kale My Vibe Salad"! I'm just saying....

Loved this recipe. Secret to a great kale salad is to cut the kale into thin shreds. Substituted feta for the goat cheese and made my own balsamic dressing. I love beets so I added an extra one. My husband and mother in law who hate beets even love this salad - not sure why this one passes the test. Definitely part of the regular rotation.

This salad is absolutely delicious! It's now a weekly dish in my household. Very easy and so delicious, even without the chicken. Feta is a great sub for goat cheese if it's what you have on hand or you don't like goat cheese. One note, I find the beets take about twice as long for me in my conventional oven.